This course is geared to provide technical literacy for non-programmers who will be founders, employees, or consultants to "tech-enabled" organizations. This is a survey-style course that is very hands-on - students will learn the essentials of coding by creating websites and basic software applications that manipulate data and work across today's platforms and devices. Students will: * Build their own website and deploy it on a variety of platforms, including tablets and mobile devices, using modern web development tools and techniques * Achieve working proficiency with the web programming languages and related open-source technologies, using it to build simple web applications * Gain exposure to open-source business initiatives from Facebook, Google, and other major contributors to the languages and frameworks shaping modern software development * Learn to manipulate and consume data with SQL, open datasets, and APIs Students should expect to spend 6-8 hours a week on coding projects and take-home exercises. There is no final exam. All students must have a modern Mac or Windows computer for completing homework and in-class projects. Detailed instructions on setup will be provided prior to the first day of class.